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Mya Breitbart

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Professor at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science studying viral and microbial ecology

Biodiversity Biological Oceanography Ecology Environmental Sciences Genomics Microbiology Molecular Biology Virology

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PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of South Florida

Work details

Professor

University of South Florida

January 2006

College of Marine Science

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PeerJ Contributions

November 26, 2024

Viral metagenomic investigation of two Caribbean echinoderms, Diadema antillarum (Echinoidea) and Holothuria floridana (Holothuria)

Ian Hewson, Marilyn Brandt, Kayla Budd, Mya Breitbart, Christopher DeRito, Samuel Gittens Jr, Michael W. Henson, Alwin Hylkema, Moriah Sevier, Matthew Souza, Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas, Sarah Von Hoene

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18321 PubMed 39619205

March 13, 2023

Evaluation of DNA metabarcoding for identifying fish eggs: a case study on the West Florida Shelf

Mya Breitbart, Makenzie Kerr, Michael J. Schram, Ian Williams, Grace Koziol, Ernst Peebles, Christopher D. Stallings

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15016 PubMed 36935909

August 16, 2022

Freshwater macrophytes harbor viruses representing all five major phyla of the RNA viral kingdom Orthornavirae

Karyna Rosario, Noémi Van Bogaert, Natalia B. López-Figueroa, Haris Paliogiannis, Mason Kerr, Mya Breitbart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13875 PubMed 35990902

October 11, 2018

Virus discovery in all three major lineages of terrestrial arthropods highlights the diversity of single-stranded DNA viruses associated with invertebrates

Karyna Rosario, Kaitlin A. Mettel, Bayleigh E. Benner, Ryan Johnson, Catherine Scott, Sohath Z. Yusseff-Vanegas, Christopher C.M. Baker, Deby L. Cassill, Caroline Storer, Arvind Varsani, Mya Breitbart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5761 PubMed 30324030

February 20, 2018

Genomic evolution, recombination, and inter-strain diversity of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 from Florida and Hawaii green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis

Cheryl L. Morrison, Luke Iwanowicz, Thierry M. Work, Elizabeth Fahsbender, Mya Breitbart, Cynthia Adams, Deb Iwanowicz, Lakyn Sanders, Mathias Ackermann, Robert S. Cornman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4386 PubMed 29479497

December 8, 2016

Towards quantitative viromics for both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA viruses

Simon Roux, Natalie E. Solonenko, Vinh T. Dang, Bonnie T. Poulos, Sarah M. Schwenck, Dawn B. Goldsmith, Maureen L. Coleman, Mya Breitbart, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2777 PubMed 28003936

June 16, 2015

Deep sequencing of the viral phoH gene reveals temporal variation, depth-specific composition, and persistent dominance of the same viral phoH genes in the Sargasso Sea

Dawn B. Goldsmith, Rachel J. Parsons, Damitu Beyene, Peter Salamon, Mya Breitbart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.997 PubMed 26157645

August 6, 2018 - Version: 1

Virus discovery in all three major lineages of terrestrial arthropods highlights the diversity of single-stranded DNA viruses associated with invertebrates

Karyna Rosario, Kaitlin A Mettel, Bayleigh E Benner, Ryan Johnson, Catherine Scott, Sohath Z Yusseff-Vanegas, Christopher CM Baker, Deby L Cassill, Caroline Storer, Arvind Varsani, Mya Breitbart

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27093v1

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October 15, 2025

Comparative analysis of fecal DNA viromes in Large-billed crows and Northern ravens reveals diverse viral profiles

Yonggang Dong, Sitong Fan, Shunfu He, Wenxin Zhao, Zhuoma Lancuo, Kirill Sharshov, Ying Li, Wen Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20170 PubMed 41112778

May 6, 2025

Isolation and characterization of a novel lytic bacteriophage Pv27 with biocontrol potential against Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections in shrimp

Vu Thi Hien, Pham Thi Lanh, Thao Thi Phuong Pham, Khang Nam Tran, Nguyen Dinh Duy, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Nguyen Xuan Canh, Quang Huy Nguyen, Seil Kim, Dong Van Quyen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19421 PubMed 40352283

April 30, 2024

A novel birnavirus identified as the causative agent of summer atrophy of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata (Gould))

Tomomasa Matsuyama, Satoshi Miwa, Tohru Mekata, Ikunari Kiryu, Isao Kuriyama, Takashi Atsumi, Tomokazu Itano, Hidemasa Kawakami

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17321 PubMed 38708355

May 23, 2023

Virioplankton and virus-induced mortality of prokaryotes in the Kara Sea (Arctic) in summer

Alexander Ivanovich Kopylov, Elena Anatoliyevna Zabotkina, Andrey Fiodorovich Sazhin, Nadezda Romanova, Nikolay Belyaev, Anastasia Drozdova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15457 PubMed 37250716

May 13, 2022

Tracing RNA viruses associated with Nudibranchia gastropods

Umberto Rosani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13410 PubMed 35586129

January 12, 2022

Communities of T4-like bacteriophages associated with bacteria in Lake Baikal: diversity and biogeography

Sergey Anatoljevich Potapov, Irina Vasilievna Tikhonova, Andrey Yurjevich Krasnopeev, Maria Yurjevna Suslova, Natalia Albertovna Zhuchenko, Valentin Valerianovich Drucker, Olga Ivanovna Belykh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12748

November 15, 2021

Virus-derived sequences from the transcriptomes of two snail vectors of schistosomiasis, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus globosus from Kenya

Sijun Liu, Si-Ming Zhang, Sarah K. Buddenborg, Eric S. Loker, Bryony C. Bonning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12290 PubMed 34820163

November 4, 2021

Phage strategies facilitate bacterial coexistence under environmental variability

Esther Voigt, Björn C. Rall, Antonis Chatzinotas, Ulrich Brose, Benjamin Rosenbaum

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12194 PubMed 34760346

October 22, 2021

Nitzschia anatoliensis sp. nov., a cryptic diatom species from the highly alkaline Van Lake (Turkey)

Cüneyt Nadir Solak, Romain Gastineau, Claude Lemieux, Monique Turmel, Ewa Gorecka, Rosa Trobajo, Mateusz Rybak, Elif Yılmaz, Andrzej Witkowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12220 PubMed 34733585

May 6, 2021

BACPHLIP: predicting bacteriophage lifestyle from conserved protein domains

Adam J. Hockenberry, Claus O. Wilke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11396 PubMed 33996289

February 10, 2021

Characterization and complete genome sequence of Privateer, a highly prolate Proteus mirabilis podophage

James E. Corban, Jolene Ramsey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10645 PubMed 33614267

August 31, 2020

Mimicking prophage induction in the body: induction in the lab with pH gradients

Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Andrea Garretto, Nicole Stark, Catherine Putonti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9718 PubMed 32944418

April 14, 2020

Catalyzing rapid discovery of gold-precipitating bacterial lineages with university students

Noah G. Riley, Carlos C. Goller, Zakiya H. Leggett, Danica M. Lewis, Karen Ciccone, Robert R. Dunn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8925 PubMed 32322441

April 19, 2019

Physiological responses of Oxyrrhis marina to a diet of virally infected Emiliania huxleyi

Andrew G. Goode, David M. Fields, Stephen D. Archer, Joaquín Martínez Martínez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6722 PubMed 31041150

March 8, 2019

Environmental inactivation and irrigation-mediated regrowth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on romaine lettuce when inoculated in a fecal slurry matrix

Jennifer A. Chase, Melissa L. Partyka, Ronald F. Bond, Edward R. Atwill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6591 PubMed 30867998

February 20, 2019

Genome organization and molecular characterization of the three Formica exsecta viruses—FeV1, FeV2 and FeV4

Kishor Dhaygude, Helena Johansson, Jonna Kulmuni, Liselotte Sundström

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6216 PubMed 30809424

January 11, 2019

Diverse and variable virus communities in wild plant populations revealed by metagenomic tools

Hanna Susi, Denis Filloux, Mikko J. Frilander, Philippe Roumagnac, Anna-Liisa Laine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6140 PubMed 30648011

October 17, 2018

Morphological characterization of virus-like particles in coral reef sponges

Cecília Pascelli, Patrick W. Laffy, Marija Kupresanin, Timothy Ravasi, Nicole S. Webster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5625 PubMed 30356950

July 12, 2018

Patterns of triclosan resistance in Vibrionaceae

Keri A. Lydon, Megan J. Robertson, Erin K. Lipp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5170 PubMed 30013840

July 9, 2018

Experimental evolution of UV resistance in a phage

Eric F. Tom, Ian J. Molineux, Matthew L. Paff, James J. Bull

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5190 PubMed 30013847

May 7, 2018

Viromes of one year old infants reveal the impact of birth mode on microbiome diversity

Angela McCann, Feargal J. Ryan, Stephen R. Stockdale, Marion Dalmasso, Tony Blake, C. Anthony Ryan, Catherine Stanton, Susan Mills, Paul R. Ross, Colin Hill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4694 PubMed 29761040

March 1, 2018

First insight into the viral community of the cnidarian model metaorganism Aiptasia using RNA-Seq data

Jan D. Brüwer, Christian R. Voolstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4449 PubMed 29507840

February 9, 2018

Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont Siderastrea siderea from two depth habitats

Guido Bonthond, Daniel G. Merselis, Katherine E. Dougan, Trevor Graff, William Todd, James W. Fourqurean, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4323 PubMed 29441234

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December 20, 2019

Benchmarking protocols for the metagenomic analysis of stream biofilm viromes

Meriem Bekliz, Jade Brandani, Massimo Bourquin, Tom J. Battin, Hannes Peter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8187 PubMed 31879573